Rutgers is one of four teams that will play at Boardwalk Hall on Nov. 28 and 29 as part of The Legends Classic.

You won't have to wait until next year to see basketball at
Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. The home of the Atlantic 10 Men's
Basketball Championship just landed a two-day event, which sets a
couple of the nation's top teams against each other.

The Gazelle Group announced The Legends Classic will be at
Boardwalk Hall from Nov. 28-29 with Michigan State, Florida,
Rutgers and the University of Massachusetts.

Tickets go on sale Friday at noon and can be purchased at the
Boardwalk Hall Box Office or Ticketmaster locations. Tickets start
at $10.

This is the third installment of the Legends Classic, which was
held at the Prudential Center in Newark the past two years. This
year, the Legends Classic had a scheduling conflict and searched
for another site.

They didn't look too hard or too long. According to the Gazelle
Group's Director of Communications Brian Halligan, there wasn't any
other venue on the list.

"It's unique and has had a lot of restoration," said Halligan,
who watched the A-10 Tournament at Boardwalk Hall. "If you go to
that area, there aren't many places you're going to watch
basketball."

The Gazelle Group is a sports marketing firm specializing in
event production based in Princeton, N.J. They have done several
tournaments, including the College Basketball Invitational, and
wanted to keep the Legends Classic in New Jersey.

"We wanted to keep it local," Halligan said.

The basketball teams in the tournament all have a unique quality
that can bring fans out. Michigan State made it to last year's
national championship game. Florida is the most recent team to win
back-to-back titles. Rutgers is the state school and UMass plays in
Atlantic City during the A-10 Tournament.

According to Halligan, there currently aren't plans to extend
the tournament past this season in Atlantic City.